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Marcelo Schapira

Researcher at Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

Publications -  31
Citations -  1064

Marcelo Schapira is an academic researcher from Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Dementia. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 15 publications receiving 897 citations. Previous affiliations of Marcelo Schapira include University of Buenos Aires.

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Gait Velocity as a Single Predictor of Adverse Events in Healthy Seniors Aged 75 Years and Older

TL;DR: GV measurement in the ambulatory setting may allow the detection of healthy elderly people at risk for adverse events and may suggest that simple assessment of GV is enough to predict adverse events in well functioning older persons.
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Gait velocity in senior people. An easy test for detecting mobility impairment in community elderly.

TL;DR: The pathological gait velocity correlates with a pathologic performance of Get Up and Go test and POMA and with the incapacity to perform the One Leg Balance test, an operative tool to apply in the ambulatory care to detect elderly patients with mobility impairment.
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Gait disorders are associated with non-cardiovascular falls in elderly people: a preliminary study.

TL;DR: In community dwelling older persons with unexplained falls, gait disorders were associated with non-cardiovascular diagnosis of falls, providing additional value to this assessment.
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Is collectionism a diagnostic clue for Diogenes syndrome

TL;DR: Diogenes syndrome is characterized by extreme self‐neglect, domestic squalor, and social withdrawal, and it is still difficult to persue a correct diagnosis in primary care clinics.